Frosted Skull Shaped Cookies. October is my favorite time of year! Because we get ready for Halloween.
This is one of my favorite holidays ever, costumes, decorations, candy, and treats……! So much fun for all ages.
What makes me happiest is creating recipes !
These simple cookie recipes are a fun activity with the kids and are perfect to bring to parties.

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- DifficultyEasy
- CostCheap
- Serving15
- Cooking methodOven
- CuisineInternational
- Power 328,68 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 40,01 (g) of which sugars 20,03 (g)
- Proteins 4,70 (g)
- Fat 17,52 (g) of which saturated 10,49 (g)of which unsaturated 7,05 (g)
- Fibers 3,50 (g)
- Sodium 38,17 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 42 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients Frosted Skull Shaped Cookies
For the pastry
- 400 gflour
- 5yolks
- 250 gbutter
- 1 pinchsalt
- 120 gicing sugar
For the glaze
- 45 gegg whites
- 180 gicing sugar
- 1/2 teaspoonlemon
Preparation Frosted Skull Shaped Cookies
Prepare the pastry
Pour the soft butter into the bowl of the planetary mixer with leaf (left out of the fridge for 6 hours) Combine the sugar and salt and operate the planetary mixer for 30 seconds with speed 2, add the 5 egg yolks, work another 30 seconds, removing from the walls the butter.
Finally add the flour, always operate the planetary mixer with the leaf for another 30 seconds, always detach any dough attached to the sides of the bowl.
Remove from the bowl and bring the shortcrust pastry on the work surface to form a ball, it does not need processing.
Wrap it in cling film and then leave it in the fridge for 2 hours.
Before use, remove the pastry from the fridge for 30 minutes.
Roll out the shortcrust pastry with a rolling pin 4mm
Use skull-shaped cookie cutters.
Bake the biscuits at 170 ° for 15 minutes, check the cooking that they do not turn black.
Allow cookies to cool and prepare frosting, beat egg whites with sugar until white and glossy continue for 1 minute adding lemon.
As soon as the icing is ready decorate the cookie.:
Cute skull shaped cookies for Halloween, baked in the oven.
This Halloween recipe is easy and fun to make ideal for having fun with kids who will love decorating them.
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These are so cute for Halloween!. I would totally have these at a party.
I loved the ease of this recipe and it was super delicious and so cute even the grandkids helped me make them!
This sounds so fun. Perfect for October months.
These are so fun and would be a perfect cookie to put in my kid’s school lunch! I know they’ll love them.
This is so fun to make! My kids really enjoyed making and eating these Halloween cookies!
Wow! My kids would love to try this thanks so much – the ingredients are basic pantry staples even. Will definitely bookmark this:)
Such a fun recipe for Halloween! I’ll make some for sure!
Love how cute these are for Halloween. What a fun idea!
So happy I found your recipe! We enjoyed baking these while on fall break this week! Yummy and super fun!
Oh the kids are going to LOVE these skull cookies – I can’t wait to see their faces!